Topic: Patents

Federal Court of Canada Extends Suspension Period to May 15, 2020

By Updated Practice Direction and Order dated April 4, 2020, the Federal Court has further extended the Suspension Period to May 15, 2020. It has simultaneously mapped out a strategy to keep the Court running as efficiently as possible under the circumstances. During the Suspension Period (which began March 16, 2020 and currently runs until May … Continue reading

Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Extends Suspension of Hearings to May 15, 2020

By Mark Edward Davis (CA) on April 3, 2020 Posted in Copyright, General, Patents, Trademark

In a Notice to the Parties and the Profession issued April 2, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed that the suspension period implemented on March 16, 2020 will be extended to Friday, May 15, 2020. All matters scheduled to be heard during this Suspension Period are adjourned. The business of the Court will … Continue reading

Response from Canadian Courts to COVID-19

By Madeleine Hodgson (CA), Renaud Garon Gendron, Mat Brechtel (CA) and Mark Edward Davis (CA) on March 21, 2020 Posted in Copyright, General, Patents, Trademark

We know you have a lot to think about and plan right now and over the next few weeks. You can rely on us to keep your intellectual property litigation matters moving forward. To that end, we wanted to provide an update on the measures courts across Canada are taking to combat the spread of … Continue reading

UPDATE ON COVID-19 : CIPO announces extensions in wake of outbreak in Canada

By Mihaela Dumitrean, Catherine Daigle (CA) and Mat Brechtel (CA) on March 21, 2020 Posted in Copyright, General, Patents, Trademark

Given the many challenges faced by all businesses in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has advised that it will relax filing deadlines for the remainder of March 2020. This decision was first announced on March 16, 2020 and further updated yesterday, March 19, 2020. What you need to know All … Continue reading

CIIs – The Australian Full Court Encompass Decision

By Helen Macpherson (AU) and Harrison Ottaway (AU) on October 29, 2019 Posted in General, Patents

Overview The patentability of computer implemented inventions (CII) has long been a contentious topic in Australian patent law. A few months ago, we wrote about Justice Robertson’s decision in Rokt Pte Ltd v Commissioner of Patents, which overturned the Australian Patent Office’s rejection of a patent application for a CII relating to a digital advertising … Continue reading